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2023 Best Value Drafting & Design Engineering Schools in North Carolina

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

1 College
$7,297 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Drafting & Design Engineering Technology School for You

With 40 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, drafting and design engineering technology is the #190 most popular major in North Carolina.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

The Best Value Drafting & Design Engineering Schools in North Carolina ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

Check out the design engineering tech programs at this school if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best Drafting & Design Engineering Technology School

#1

East Carolina University

Greenville, NC

Our 2023 rankings named East Carolina University the best value school in North Carolina for drafting and design engineering technology students. Located in the small city of Greenville, ECU is a public college with a very large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at ECU are $7,297 per year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, ECU also did well on our Best Drafting & Design Engineering Schools in North Carolina list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

Read full report on Drafting & Design Engineering Technology at East Carolina University

Best Value Drafting & Design Engineering Technology Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Value Drafting & Design Engineering Technology Colleges in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Georgia 71
Virginia 26
Florida 56
Tennessee 0
Kentucky 37
South Carolina 36
Louisiana 65
Arkansas 23
Alabama 67
Mississippi 105
West Virginia 4

Drafting & Design Engineering Technology is one of 18 different types of programs to choose from.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Industrial Production Technology 11,906
Electromechanical Engineering Technology 10,593
Environmental Control Technology 8,690
Electronics Engineering Technology 8,592
Engineering-Related Fields 6,736

Notes and References

*These values are for the top school only.

  • The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
  • Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Pixabay.

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